PARTYNEXTDOOR is more than an internet sensation now. The kid from Mississauga (Toronto), Canada who is signed to Drake’s OVO Sound label graces the latest issue of Fader magazine. Inside, he gives his first proper interview where he talks about how he started in the game, how he ended up signing with Drake, new music, touring, his reserved nature and more.
“I was one of those guys on Myspace who had one of those fake hit counters.” He reached out to established producers and labels, hoping to build a collective of likeminded creatives, but those who responded politely declined. “They just didn’t see it,” Party says. “So I was like, ‘Okay, cool, Imma learn how to produce my own beats,’ and I stuck to it. Now, it’s hard to even take a beat from anyone else.”
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